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Chapter 865 Helpless move

The terrible air defense sirens suddenly sounded, and the faces of An Yi, Yin Jinan, Song Zheyuan, and others on the dirt slope changed greatly, talked to each other for a few words, and left separately. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

All the officers and men on the six-kilometer radius stopped what they were doing and looked around in surprise, not knowing what to do.

Seeing the whistles and passwords of the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Anjia Army who were getting off the car and assembling them, the convoy of unloading soldiers quickly turned around and fled, and soon realized that the Japanese planes were coming to bomb again. Thinking of the fiasco of the Japanese army last night, this attack must have poured out, and the position suddenly roared incessantly, and there was chaos.

Only the 39th Division of Xia Jian and the 44th Division of Gu Changfeng, who were desperately digging trenches on the left flank position, did not panic, and the regiments and companies quickly evacuated in an orderly manner under the commander's command, and the soldiers who dug the trenches and bunkers quickly hid in the trenches and bunkers, and those who did not have trenches and bunkers quickly looked for low recesses to hide, and the more than 40 artillery pieces behind the position were dragged into the low and stretching woods by pulling horses, and the artillery brothers quickly propped up a wide camouflage net, quickly covered it, and then took the horses and left the area where the artillery was located, Rush to the north and take shelter in the woods at the foot of the mountain.

The anti-aircraft artillery and armored fighting vehicles of the two divisions' anti-aircraft battalions had long been scattered, and in the right flank and flank rear positions of the two divisions, the barrels of the black holes were raised, and they were ready for battle.

Despite this, the warning time of more than 20 minutes in advance was still too short, and this time the Japanese army really went crazy, and nearly 200 planes of all sizes quickly pounced and launched a frenzied retaliation, and the bombs were dropped like dense raindrops, and the positions within a radius of several kilometers were blown up to the ground and the flames were flashing.

The six Anjia Army troop carriers that broke down on the side of the road due to breakdowns had already been shattered in the continuous bombardment, leaving only the girders and the body of a few wheels, burning and tumbling; After more than 30 minutes of repeated bombing and firing by the Japanese army, 16 air defense vehicles and 9 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed one after another, 82 heroic soldiers were blown to the ground, and more than 360 surviving soldiers were stained with blood, of which more than 30 had mutilated limbs and more than 50 were burned beyond recognition and dying.

After the overwhelming Japanese planes flew away, the various armies counted the casualties and painfully saw that the total number of casualties had exceeded 3,000, and the generals gathered together again, all with gloomy faces and incomparable resentment, and they had no choice but to grit their teeth and silently swallow the knocked out teeth into their stomachs -- the reality of the huge disparity in strength and weakness between the Chinese and Japanese armies in terms of equipment and training was not something that anyone could change, and there was no other way but to resist with the flesh and blood of thousands of soldiers.

After listening to Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian's reports, An Yi did not have the slightest luck on his face, the Japanese army was so crazy, it was a little unexpected, although 27 Japanese fighters were killed in this battle, but almost all of his ground air defense troops were reimbursed, and it would be difficult to do it again in the future! If it weren't for the officers and men of the air defense battalion and the tank battalion who attracted most of the attention of the Japanese fighters, I am afraid that the camouflage artillery arrays of the two divisions would not have lost only six artillery pieces, and the more than 20,000 officers and men lying on their stomachs would not have suffered more than 100 casualties.

Compared with other friendly forces, although the well-trained and well-handled An Jiajun suffered the smallest losses, the armored troops of the two air defense battalions and eleven combat vehicles with only seven air defense vehicles left were finished, and the sacrifice of more than 80 outstanding students majoring in air defense at the Syrian Aviation School who had spent half a year of painstaking training, from squad leader to battalion commander, and the heavy damage of more than 300 antiaircraft artillery and armored brothers drawn from tens of thousands of troops, made An Yi's heart extremely painful, enough to make An Yi, who was already extremely anxious, angry.

An Yi couldn't bear to go to condole, he whispered to Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng to count the battle losses of their respective air defense battalions and tank units in detail, and write down the achievements and sacrifices of each officer and soldier, and then turned to Zhao Rui and Yin Jinan beside him, and whispered a few words.

Listening to An Yi's instructions, Zhao Rui and Yin Jinan were taken aback, but seeing the irrepressible anger in his eyes, they hurriedly agreed and immediately went separately to implement it, but their hearts were full of turmoil, and they didn't know if there would be a big mess.

An Yi stood in place, glanced at the battlefield full of smoke and fire, and saw the incomplete limbs lifted from the battlefield, his heart was sour, and tears couldn't help but almost fall, a melody that he had been familiar with since he was a child, somehow broke through his throat and blurted out:

"The wind and smoke are rolling and singing heroes, the green mountains on all sides are listening to the ears, the thunder is beating the golden drum on a sunny day, the sea is making a harmonious sound, the people's soldiers drive the tigers and leopards, and they sacrifice their lives to protect peace...... The hero jumped out of the trench, a flash of lightning cracked the sky, the ground fell into the single block, the sky fell with one hand, his feet were blazing, and his whole body was shining with rainbows...... A shout and cannon roared, the river and the sea collapsed, the sky and the earth collapsed, both hands clenched the blaster, the angry eyes *** blood surged, the enemy rotted and turned into dirt, and the warriors turned into gold stars! Why is the battle flag so picturesque, the blood of heroes stains it red, why is the earth always in spring, and the lives of heroes are open***. ”

The song is deep and melodious, full of emotion, full of love for the country and nation, but also full of bitter hatred for the enemy. Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong, who were beside An Yi, glanced at each other, both showing surprised expressions, they didn't expect An Yi to hum such a song at this time.

Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen and He Zhuguo, who were not far away, couldn't help but come over when they heard the singing, they didn't speak, just listened silently, only felt that there was something called moving and agitation in their chests that was shaking, and there was a kind of *** called the death of a confidant was germinating, at this moment, An Yi's image was so tall and majestic, which gave them the illusion of a high mountain.

Three hours later, 37 transport convoys that had just delivered the grain purchased at a high price to the Baoding military station were urgently assembled, and the two tanker trucks at the military station quickly and orderly filled each vehicle with fuel, and Major General Zhang Yang, the quartermaster general, led more than 300 military police officers and women to the prisoner of war camp in a murderous manner, tied up all the more than 920 Japanese officers and men in the camp who had been treated well every day since they were captured, and then strung them together with long ropes in groups of 10 people and quickly escorted them to the cars.

When the Japanese prisoners saw this, they thought they had been dragged out and shot, and they all screamed in panic, and soon a large-scale riot broke out, but the gendarmes were not vegetarians, and they rushed up and beat them with the butts of their guns, and the prisoners were bleeding from their heads, and the scene soon became orderly.

Several Japanese officers screamed and struggled desperately, and after being swarmed and punched and kicked by seven or eight military policemen, they still lay on the ground and did not want to leave, and the military police did not dare to go too far, and set up a few officers who were covered in footprints and were beaten to the point that their noses and faces were swollen and forcibly sent to the carriage, who knew that two of them pressed against the rear door with their feet, kicked hard, and several tall military policemen behind them were also carried and fell to the ground, the scene was noisy, and the more than 900 Japanese officers and soldiers who had just quieted down appeared again in a riot.

Zhang Yang, who had been watching coldly from the side, was annoyed, without saying a word, he strode up to drink the angry gendarmes, quickly pulled out his pistol, loaded it instantly, aimed at the two Japanese lieutenants on the ground who were screaming, knocked the trigger, and after the two shots, the heads of the two Japanese lieutenants bloomed, blood splattered five steps, and the parking lot where they cursed was suddenly silent.

"Phew! It's so fucking cheap, toast and don't eat and drink! ”

Zhang Yang spat out, put away the gun, turned around and left, the two guards hurriedly followed, and the captain of the military police brigade, who was covered in a cold sweat, remembered to give the order at this time, and none of the more than 900 restless Japanese soldiers dared to speak, and all of them honestly obeyed the command.

At the same time, the same work had already been completed in the Baoding prisoner of war camp, and more than 1,100 Japanese prisoners of war were loaded onto 32 large and small trucks, roaring out of the camp gate and speeding toward the battlefield to the east.

In the evening, more than 30 commanders of various armies and divisions were having dinner together in the dilapidated headquarters in Hexi, and after eating, they continued to discuss the overall defense arrangements and the coordination and cooperation between various units.

Two days ago, as the 44th and 39th Divisions had moved to Tongxian, the Beiping Military Committee suddenly ordered the 51st Army and the 67th Army to return to Beiping for garrison, and appointed Song Zheyuan as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy on the Eastern Front. They all stood on the same trench, so all armies and divisions consciously obeyed the leadership and command of Song Zheyuan, and immediately rushed to converge from all departments after receiving the notice of the meeting.

After An Yi left in the afternoon, Song Zheyuan immediately called a meeting according to An Yi's suggestion, and discussed for a few hours before he knew it was time for dinner, so he ate something indiscriminately, stuffed his stomach and continued his unfinished business.

A colonel's officer hurriedly ran in and reported loudly: "Military seat, more than 60 military vehicles of the Anjia Army are transporting a large number of Japanese prisoners. ”

"What? Crazy? What are you doing here with the captives at this time? Song Zheyuan put down his rice bowl and stood up in surprise.

The colonel took two steps forward: "It's true, military seat...... The subordinates now understand why the forty or fifty artillery pieces of the An Jiajun dared to line up on the high ground behind the Chinese army's position, and why they had drilled more than 2,000 wooden stakes around and in the middle of the artillery array...... Military seat, An Jiajun is really ruthless! ”

When the generals heard this, they all put down their rice bowls and went up, and Song Zheyuan, who was confused, simply waved his hand, walked out of the headquarters with the colonel, and came to the courtyard to find that the terrain was too short to see the scene of the front line, shook his head, and together with the generals who came to his side, he walked out of the courtyard gate quickly and climbed the high ground in front of the left, took the telescope handed by the adjutant, and observed carefully.

Shang Zhen, who was walking behind, asked Gu Changfeng beside him in a low voice What was going on? Gu Changfeng smiled and didn't answer directly, just whispered to go up and take a look.

Liu Ruming walked next to the tiger generals Xia Jian and Yin Jinan, and wanted to ask, but after hearing the conversation between Gu Changfeng and Shang Zhen, he didn't speak again, and climbed the high ground with everyone, took out his binoculars and looked east.

The artillery position three kilometers ahead was set up by An Yi's order before leaving, and the generals and colonels of the army were extremely surprised by An Yi's decision, and they couldn't understand how the experienced and talented An Yi could make such a stupid move, and lined up all the large and small artillery of the two main divisions in a line behind the middle of the defensive line, and they were not worried that such an unconcealed artillery position would attract indiscriminate bombardment by Japanese aircraft, and it was less than 100 meters away from the blocking trench in front, which was completely within the range of the Japanese artillery, I really don't know if An Yi was burned out of his brain by anger, Or is there something else. At that time, Song Zheyuan, Shang Zhen and others asked Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian what was going on? The two laughed and didn't say anything, and the generals of An Jiajun, Yin Jinan, Zhang Cunzhuang, Xie Chi and others simply walked far away, gathered together and chatted in a low voice, which made the generals depressed.

Fortunately, at that time, it was just to build a running position, and the artillery was still hidden in the rear and not put up, Song Zheyuan and others felt that An Yi might have another meaning, so they didn't ask anything more.

But now one by one artillery pieces were being dragged up by horses and trucks, and one-third of the artillery had successfully entered the gun position one after another with the joint efforts of the artillery and engineers, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed directly at the Japanese positions in the east. However, these failed to attract the attention of the generals, attracted them and shocked these battle-hardened veterans that more than 2,000 Japanese prisoners were pulled off the carriage by the officers and soldiers of Anjia and the military police, and were soon tied tightly to the big wooden stakes in the ground one by one.

Until this time, Song Zheyuan and the others finally understood why An Yi dared to set up the artillery array like this, and finally understood An Yi's ruthlessness and determination, everyone looked at each other, unable to speak for a while, and they all saw faint horror and deep worry in each other's eyes.

Shang Zhen pulled Yin Jinan over: "General Yin, whose idea is this?" ”

"It was Commander An's proposal, which was agreed to by all the generals of our army." Yin Jinan was full of emotion in his heart, but externally, he was united and shared reputation, which has always been the tradition of An Jiajun.

Shang Zhen understood, and sighed: "This is beneficial to all our armies, it can force the Japanese artillery position back more than five kilometers, and it also makes the Japanese army throw a mouse trap and dare not send planes to bomb, at least until the problem of whether more than 2,000 Japanese prisoners are killed in vain is solved, the Japanese army does not dare to launch any more attacks."

"However, in this way, all the pressure will be on General An's head, and you are not afraid that General An's reputation will be greatly damaged from now on, leaving an unchangeable and barbaric impression on all walks of life at home and abroad?"

Yin Jinan sighed: "If the seniors say it, why don't the juniors know it?" I had also persuaded my eldest brother before, and even worried that his reputation would be ruined, but he asked me if his reputation was more important than the lives of thousands of soldiers. I couldn't answer his question, so I couldn't stop his decision, and Commander Zhang and the two division commanders of the 44th Army, as well as the three division commanders of our army, stood firmly on the position of my eldest brother, swearing that unless the Japanese dared to blow up their more than 2,000 prisoners together, as long as the Japanese army did not retreat beyond the Great Wall for a day, they would never put down the Japanese prisoners tied to the position.

"Although the younger generation thinks it is a bit excessive, but after thinking about it carefully, I understand my eldest brother very well, he was forced to be anxious, but what made him most anxious was not the Eastern Front battlefield where we were...... The juniors say this, can the seniors understand? ”

Shang Zhen looked up to the sky and sighed: "Understood...... Brother An, my brother admires you! ”